Experiment in progressive patient care.
A successful experiment is described in providing total progressive patient care in a small hospital. This was based on dividing ward services into nursing and "hotel" services, the latter being provided by a housekeeping team. Patients were divided into three categories according to the amount of nursing care needed, and two wards were converted, one into an intensive care unit, the other into a homeward bound unit, with high and low nurse/patient ratios respectively.
D005260:Female; D006276:Health Facility Size; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011383:Progressive Patient Care